A mysterious stranger, known as 'Preacher' arrives in a California mining town in time to foil the plans of a corrupt big-time miner and his cohorts. The character of Preacher was, according to Eastwood, "an ou-and-out ghost" - similar the to the Man With No Name in High Plains Drifter. Produced & directed by Eastwood, it was the highest grossing western of the 1980s.